Senior Rowan Kotner has only known winning during her high school soccer career.
Kotner was the lone freshman on the 2013-14 Hawaii Prep girls team that finally got over the hump and won the HHSAA Division II championship, and three years later she’s one of two seniors on a Ka Makani team trying to defend its three state titles and seven BIIF titles.
The difference-makers come and go, but those totals grow, Kotner said, because the mindset remains the same.
“Players really want it, especially since we have a reputation to uphold,” Kotner said. “There is a lot of pressure, so people work hard to uphold that reputation.